Narrative Medicine at the Melbourne Medical School

What role does narrative medicine play in shaping future doctors?Professor Sarath Ranganathan is joined by Dr Mariam Tokhi and Dr Fiona Reilly to unpack narrative medicine and explore how it’s shaping medical education and practice.Mariam and Fiona co-lead Australia’s first Narrative Medicine subject, offered through the MD Discovery program at the Melbourne Medical School. Together, they’re inspiring future doctors to engage with the rich themes and complexities of medicine through the lens of creative writing and storytelling. Mariam also reads a moving poem written by then second-year medical student, which beautifully captures the heart of narrative medicine.Your feedback helps shape our episodes. If you have suggestions, ideas or just want to share what you liked about this episode, please get in touch with the Melbourne Medical School communications team: [email protected] you would like to explore music recommendations from all our podcast guests so far, you can check out the MMS Network Podcast Music Playlist on Spotify.MMS Network is a podcast from the Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne. Produced by Anna Furze and Gavin Nebauer. Recorded at The Horwood Recording Studio University of Melbourne by Gavin Nebauer. Music created by Professor Sarath Ranganathan, Head of the Melbourne Medical School. Photographer credits: Kate Longley.